4 teens arrested in Hoffman Estates home burglaries

Four teenagers have been charged in a string of recent residential burglaries in Hoffman Estates, police said today.

The suspects, a 15-year-old boy and three 16-year-old boys, are all from Hoffman Estates. They also were charged with breaking into several cars.

Each was charged with five felony counts of residential burglary and five felony counts of burglary to autos, Sgt. Gregory Poulos said. Their names are not being released because they are juveniles. They were released to their parents.

Three were arrested late Monday, shortly after breaking into a car at about 9:40 p.m. in a residential area in the 1100 block of Hermitage Lane. They were found with stolen items connecting them, along with the other teen to four other car burglaries that occurred that same night in the same area, Poulos said.

Over the last few weeks, the teens entered five homes in the same neighborhood in the 2200 block of Langdon, 1600 block of Foltz, 2000 block of Danbury, 1700 block of Hassell and 1400 block of Nottingham through unlocked sliding doors and windows, police said.